Little Grand Rapids First Nation

Little Grand Rapids First Nation is an Anishinaabe (Saulteaux/Ojibwa) First Nation located approximately 257 kilometres (160 mi) northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba. As of May 2010, the First Nation had a registered population of 1,454 people, of which their own on-reserve population was 1,174.

Reserve

The First Nation have reserved for themselves one reserve:

2,005.80 hectares (4,956.4 acres) Little Grand Rapids 14 Indian Reserve, which serves as their main reserve, across the channel in the Family Lake from the community of Little Grand Rapids.

Governance

Little Grand Rapids First Nation is governed by the Act Electoral System of government. The current leadership is Chief Martin Owens and Councillors Hilda Crow, Diane Keeper, Wendy Keeper, Deon Lam, Howard LeVeque and Robert LeVeque. The Chief's and Councillors' two-year elected term began on July 29, 2009, and will conclude on July 28, 2011. Little Grand Rapids First Nation is a member of the Southeast Resource Development Council and a signatory to Treaty 5.

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References

First Nations in the Northern Region of Manitoba

Southeast Resource Development Council

Berens River Black River Bloodvein Brokenhead Buffalo Point Hollow Water Little Grand Rapids Pauingassi Poplar River

The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Five

Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11

Manitoba	Berens River First Nation Black River First Nation Bloodvein First Nation Bunibonibee Cree Nation Chemawawin Cree Nation Cross Lake First Nation Fisher River Cree Nation Fox Lake Cree Nation Garden Hill First Nation God's Lake First Nation Grand Rapids First Nation Hollow Water First Nation Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation Little Grand Rapids First Nation Manto Sipi Cree Nation Mosakahiken Cree Nation Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation Norway House Cree Nation Opaskwayak Cree Nation Pauingassi First Nation Poplar River First Nation Red Sucker Lake First Nation St. Theresa Point First Nation Sayisi Dene First Nation Shamattawa First Nation Tataskweyak Cree Nation War Lake First Nation Wasagamack First Nation York Factory First Nation

Saskatchewan	Cumberland House First Nation Red Earth First Nation Shoal Lake First Nation

Ontario	Deer Lake First Nation North Spirit Lake First Nation Pikangikum First Nation Poplar Hill First Nation Sandy Lake First Nation

Subdivisions of Manitoba

Subdivisions	Regions Census divisions Municipalities Communities Indian reserves Population centres Designated places

Cities	Brandon Dauphin Flin Flon Morden Portage la Prairie Selkirk Steinbach Thompson Winkler Winnipeg

Towns	Altona Arborg Beausejour Carberry Carman Churchill Gillam Grand Rapids Lac du Bonnet Leaf Rapids Lynn Lake Melita Minnedosa Morris Neepawa Niverville The Pas Powerview-Pine Falls Snow Lake Ste. Anne Swan River Teulon Virden Winnipeg Beach Former towns: Birtle Boissevain Deloraine Emerson Erickson Gilbert Plains Gladstone Grandview Gretna Hamiota Hartney MacGregor Manitou Minitonas Oak Lake Pilot Mound Plum Coulee Rapid City Rivers Roblin Rossburn Russell Souris Sainte Rose du Lac Treherne

Villages	Dunnottar St-Pierre-Jolys Former villages: Benito Binscarth Bowsman Cartwright Crystal City Elkhorn Ethelbert Glenboro McCreary Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Riverton Somerset St. Claude St. Lazare Waskada Wawanesa Winnipegosis

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Coordinates: 52°00′N 95°25′W / 52.000°N 95.417°W / 52.000; -95.417

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